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George R.R. Martin, author of the epic series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” which HBO has turned into a successful TV show, Game of Thrones, has been writing his series on and off since 1991. With an average of almost four years between book releases, Martin has refused to set the release date for the next installment, Winds of Winter, other than, “It will be done when it’s done.” I’m far from the only rabid fan to lament this painful wait. In fact, some of them have set their grievance to song.

Musicians and comedians, Paul and Storm, have been publicly pleading with the author since February 2012 to “Write Like the Wind,” and their lyrics include such lines as, “We need our allotment of incest and intrigue and six-page descriptions of every last meal.” In other words, it's a song of entice and ire.

In what I can only describe as collusion of awesome, today they released a video courtesy of Geek & Sundry, the webchannel of Felicia Day, star and creator of The Guild (with whom they collaborated, in a Guild episode, "Festival of the Sea"). Along with actor Jeff Lewis, who plays Vork in The Guild, they cavort and mock with love.